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Cure for Pain is the second studio album by alternative rock band Morphine, released through Rykodisc in September 1993. Jerome Deupree, the band's original drummer, quit due to health problems during the recording of the album and was replaced by Billy Conway.
The tracks "Sheila" and "In Spite of Me" were prominently featured on the soundtrack of the 1994 independent film Spanking the Monkey. The video for "Thursday" also appeared on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head. The track "Buena" also appears in the first season of The Sopranos, in the Daria episode "The Teachings of Don Jake," and the barroom scene in the 1997 film Ulee's Gold. In 2014, the album placed eighth on the Alternative Nation site's "Top 10 Underrated '90s Alternative Rock Albums" list.[7] Also in 2014, Cure for Pain was included and analyzed in the book Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention.[8]
As of 1995, it has sold 107,000 copies in United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.[9] As of 2017, combined sales of Cure for Pain and 1995's Yes are 661,000 sold copies in United States.[10]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dawna" | Sandman, Dana Colley | 0:44 |
| 2. | "Buena" | 3:19 | |
| 3. | "I'm Free Now" | 3:24 | |
| 4. | "All Wrong" | 3:40 | |
| 5. | "Candy" | 3:14 | |
| 6. | "A Head with Wings" | 3:39 | |
| 7. | "In Spite of Me" | 2:34 | |
| 8. | "Thursday" | 3:26 | |
| 9. | "Cure for Pain" | 3:13 | |
| 10. | "Mary Won't You Call My Name?" | 2:29 | |
| 11. | "Let's Take a Trip Together" | 2:59 | |
| 12. | "Sheila" | 2:49 | |
| 13. | "Miles Davis' Funeral" | 1:41 | |
| Total length: | 37:11 | ||
All tracks are written by Mark Sandman, except as noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Down Love's Tributaries" (from the "Cure for Pain" CD single) | Sandman, Colley, Billy Conway | 8:08 |
| Total length: | 45:20 | ||
In December 2021,[11][12] the Run Out Groove label released a vinyl-only edition of Cure for Pain, which included a bonus record of unreleased and new-to-vinyl-rarities, all remastered from the original source tapes.[13]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mile High" (from the Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead soundtrack, 1995) | 3:02 | |
| 2. | "Bo's Veranda" (from the Get Shorty soundtrack, 1995) | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "All Wrong" (alternate early version) | 3:25 | |
| 4. | "Third Stone from the Sun" (previously unreleased) | Jimi Hendrix | 1:39 |
| 5. | "Down Love's Tributaries" (from the "Cure for Pain" CD single) | 8:08 | |
| 6. | "Miles Davis' Funeral" (alternate fast version) | 1:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "I Can Do That" (previously released on Sandbox: The Music of Mark Sandman, 2004) | 1:52 | |
| 8. | "Kerouac" (from the tribute CD Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness, 1997) | Sandman, Conway | 2:53 |
| 9. | "I'm Free Now" (alternate early version) | 2:18 | |
| 10. | "Groovy Beat" (early version of "Buena") | 1:58 | |
| 11. | "My Brain" (full-length version) | 3:23 | |
| 12. | "Untitled Spoken Word Piece" (previously unreleased) | 4:40 | |
| 13. | "A Married Woman" (previously unreleased) | 3:42 | |
| 14. | "Pizza Hut Variation #2" (previously unreleased) | 0:34 | |
| Total length: | 42:05 | ||
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